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WAGON HUB, APPLICATION HLED IUNE 5. I917- 1 ,%fi%%3% Patented Apr. 30,1918.

JOHN W. Peron, or FLINT, ALABAMA.

VJ'AGON-HUB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apllfl. 3U 191$ Applicationfiled June 5, 1917.. Serial No. 173,022.

*axle tree, instead of having the hub journaled on an outstandingspindle, as usual, whereby the spindle rotates with the hub, to avoidthe uneven wear of the spindle, in ordinary running gears, wherein thelower portions of the spindles are worn away "faster than the otherportions thereof, resulting in the flattening thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hub construction ofthe nature indicated which is simple, compact and ineze pensive inconstruction, the hub and. spindle being readily assembled andseparated, and the hub being adjustable to tightly hold the spokes,whereby loose play can be taken up.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinFigure 1. is a median section of the device. 1

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line '2-2 of Fig. 1, 'a portion of oneof the hub plates b6- ing broken away, to-show how the spokes fittogether between the plates.

The numeral 1 designates the spindle, which is separate from the axle,and which rotates with the hub. This hub embodies a short bushing orsleeve 2 fitted upon the spindie 1 near its outer end, and adapted to bereadily slipped onto and ed of the spindle. The hub further includes apair of circular side plates or disks 3 havin central thread ed openingslto threadedly engage the ends of the bushingfl. The inner ends ofthespokes 5" are fitted between the plates 3, and said plates areslightly conical, to hold the spokes 5 in dished form, as usual in wagonwheels. The outer plate 3 can be tightened up, from time to time, totake up loose play of the spokes, and hold them rigidly in place.

These plates 3 are preferably ,of sufficient diameter to brace thespokes, even without the use of securing elements connecting said]plates" as ordinarily required in Wheel hubs. In order to lock the hubon the spindle, so

' that the spindle rotates therewith, a collar or plate 6 is securedupon the spindle 1, by means of a set screw 6" or otherwise, and theinner plate 3 of the hub bears against this collar 6. The collar isprovided at diametrically opposite sides of the spindle 1 with studs orpins 7 projecting outwardly, and each of the plates is provided with apair of diametrically opposite apertures or sockets 8, said apertures ofthe inner plate being adapted to receive the studs 7 when the hu isslipped on to the spindle, whereby the hub is locked to the collar 6, torotate therewith, while the collar is secured to the spindle, thuslocking the hub and spindle together. The apertures 8 of the outer plate3 can be used. for the engagement of a suitable wrench t'or tighteningup the hub by rotating the outer plate 3. A nut 9 or other retainingelement is engaged upon the outer terminal of on against the collar 6.

The spindle 1 projects inwardly from the hub underneath one end of theaxle tree A,

' the spindle l to hold the hub in place thereand is journaled in a pairof bearings 10 mounted within the ends of a casing 11 se cured to theaxle tree underneath the same. This casing 11 can act as a lubricantreceptacle, for holding a lubricant to lubricate the contacting portionsof the spindle and bearings. A nut 12 or other retaining, element isengaged upon. the inner end of the spindle 1 and bears against the innerbearing 10 for holding the spindle assembled with the bearings, thecollar 6 bearing against the outer bearing 10, and therefore serving asaspacer between the'bearing and hub. By removin the nut 9, the wheel canbe readily removed from the'spindle', and by removing the nut 12, thespindle can be readily withdrawn from the bearings. The spindle and hubbeing detachable, enables them to be shipped separately compactly, andwith-minimum expense. The spindle in rotating with the hub Will have thewear distributed evenly thereon, to avoid the flattening of the spindle,as is common with ordinary stationary spindles.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

In a device of the character described, a spindle, a member securedthereon having studs. a hub embodying a bushing fitted removably on thespindle and plates threaded on the bushing", spokes fitted between saidplates and elamped thereby, each plate having apertures, the aperturesof one plate being adapted to receive said studs, and the apertures ofthe other plate being for the engagement of a wrench, and means engagingthe spindle for holding the hub thereon against said member. Intestimony that l elaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed mysignature in the preseuee of two witnesses.

JOHN \V. PlKlUE. "itnesses Mlxan (iUItLI'lY, J. C. Muxuon.

